You may think this story out of Malaysia sounds suspicious, and I admit I did too. Cynthia Tan Kian Hoon, a chef at work on breakfast, apparently slipped with a six-inch knife and stabbed herself in the ribs, killing herself rather quickly. Her son and another worker in the restaurant reportedly ran to her when they heard the screams, and she collapsed and lost consciousness. Apparently the chef had hit a major artery and bled out quickly in front of her son and co-worker.

Those witnesses, and the fact that my husband cuts himself accidentally almost every time he's in the kitchen, make me truly believe this was a freak accident rather than a shoddily covered up murder.

Which makes me think we all could use a lesson in knife safety around here, yes?

Paula Deen gave Prevention magazine an exclusive interview, talking about the three years she kept her diabetes diagnosis to herself and about the backlash that followed. We got a surprise about that Novo Nordisk endorsement deal. But we also got this puzzling quote.

I don't want 25 million people out there with diabetes blaming themselves. This is not something we choose. Diabetes is like a puzzle, and if the pieces fit together, then we show up with type 2 diabetes.

I'm sorry, what? This is not something we choose? Where is the personal responsibility? What about that full cup of sugar Paula says she was drinking every day in her iced tea? I get what she means about diabetes being a puzzle, but you're putting some of those pieces in place with your lifestyle choices. I don't care how unpopular it is to say so.

All right, wise guy, I know exactly what you're going to say so allow me to beat you to the punch: A True Blood cookbook? But vampires don't even eat food! Okay, fine. Vampires don't eat food. But Bon Temps isn't populated exclusively by the undead ... I mean, Sookie is a waitress, remember? And Merlotte's does serve food.

Which is exactly why True Blood: Eats, Drinks, and Bites From Bon Temps will make a fangtastic addition to any Truebie's collection of cookbooks. Personally, I can't wait to get my hands on a copy! Not just because I'm a True Blood addict, but because I'm a huge fan of Creole cuisine, and all the recipes are by chef Marcelle Bienvenu, a bonafide New Orleans boy.

A controversy has been brewing in the celebrity chef world -- a little tempest in a stock pot, if you will. Last week a New York Times tell-all from a former cookbook ghostwriter implied that megawat foodie stars like Rachael Ray and Gwyneth Paltrow hire people to help them write their cookbooks.

Scandalous! Or not. I mean, we all kind of assumed that anyway, right? WRONG. Rachael and Gwyneth took to Twitter to defend their respective honors. And honestly, I kind of think it matters more to them than it matters to us. Anyone with me on that?

You Get What You Get & You Don't Get UpsetWhen you hire a sitter and shell out your hard-earned bucks for a night on the town, you hope that you get to eat exactly what you want. Or maybe that's just me. Either way, a fancy pants dining situation should be satisfying, and you -- as the customer -- should always be right. Right?

Which is why this new trend sweeping through Europe (so we should have it here soon, I'm thinking) is so fascinating. Some of those hard-to-get-into restaurants are only offering the diner limited menu choices, and in some cases -- no choice at all.

OF COURSE there is a Hunger Games cookbook. As far as I'm concerned, the novel is all about eating -- and hopefully the movie is, too. Why aren't there a dozen Hunger Games cookbooks? That's the real question.

Well at least we have The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook: From Lamb Stew to "Groosling" -- More Than 150 Recipes Inspired by The Hunger Games Trilogy, and it looks like a marvel of culinary genius. Or at least like a lot of fun. It includes recipes for Rue's Roasted Parsnips, Grilled Tree Rat With Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce, and Plutarch Heavensbee's Roasted Sucking Pig Surprise. And also some recipes you might actually make, such as Capitol Grade Dark Chocolate Cake. Oh yes -- you like? Keep reading for that recipe!

Would you buy fried chicken from this man?Happy Birthday, Flavor Flav! What do you get the man that has everything: A hugely successful rap and reality star career, and a super classy wardrobe? His own fried chicken restaurant in Las Vegas, apparently. The House of Flavor opens today, and you know people are lining up around the strip to get a taste of . . . something?

As you know if you watched Celebrity Wife Swap -- which you did, right? -- Flavor Flav lives with his wife and sons in Las Vegas. It appears that he does a whole lot of nothing during the day, so why not open up a restaurant?

Here's why we should all go get a piece:

This morning on Today, "Pioneer Woman" blogger Ree Drummond showed us all the secret to her sweet/spicy/tangy pulled pork: Soda pop! That's right, after covering her pork shoulder with chilies, tomatoes, and spices she pours a few cans of Dr. Pepper over the whole thing and roasts it for about six hours.

Ree did not invent roasting with soda -- a lot of you have probably tried it out yourself. And I remember seeing Aretha Frankly bake ham with Coke on Martha Stewart. But it's been a while since I've heard of that roasting technique, and I think it sounds fun. It should work with all kind of flavors. I think root beer would be especially good. This got me to wondering -- what else could you bake, roast, or cook with soda?